catholic country. britney spears father files a petition to end his controversial 13 year control over her estate we ll have the latest live from la. a magic bullet to combat climate change? we take a look at carbon capture in our weekly climate critical series. medical workers in the western afghan city of herat say three people have been shot dead when the taliban opened fire on a protest. it comes as the islamist group announced a caretaker government, more than three weeks after they ousted the afghan president and took control of most of the country. the head of the interim cabinet is this man mohammad hasan akhund who also happens to be on a un terror sanctions list. earlier, hundreds of protesters, many of them women, also took to the streets of the capital, kabul. they were met with warning shots from the taliban. secunder kermani reports from kabul. death to pakistan, the crowd chant. they re furious at what they believe is the country s support for the tali
hello. this is bbc news. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment but first the headlines. crowds continue to gather outside kabul airport, amid reports of chaotic scenes as the us advises its citizens not to travel there until they are asked, because of security threats. senior taliban figures including the group s co founder, mullah baradar are in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. greece has erected a 25 mile fence on its border with turkey amid warnings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country. there have been clashes between australian police and anti lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne. animal welfare campaigners have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the the social commentatorjoanna jargue and the whitehall editor of the financial time, sebastian payne. first, let me bring you up t
uk health secretary matt hancock is self isolating after receiving an alert from the nhs test and trace app. flood warnings as storm christoph is forecast to bring torrential rain to swathes of central and northern england. it s going to be devastating. if it s anything like it was in february, it s going to be devastating, yeah. and two more tennis players at the australian open test positive for covid 19, amid ongoing controversy over the event hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a further 6,586 deaths involving covid 19 were registered in the uk in the week to january the 8th that brings the total registered deaths close to 96,000. data from the office for national statistics also shows that 1,370 care home residents in england and wales were registered to have died with coronavirus in the first week of janaury. and figures from the 0ns infection survey estimates that one in eight people in the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of dece
in football, a thriller between chelsea and liverpool in the premier league but no winner as the game ends 2 2 at stamford bridge. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the south african authorities say that a massive fire inside the parliament building in cape town has completely destroyed the national assembly. police have arrested a 49 year old suspect, and charged him with theft and arson. the building was empty for the new year holidays, and there ve been no casualties. president cyril ramaphosa, who earlier visited the scene, described the fire as devastating. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko has more from capetown. an historic building on fire. plumes of smoke engulfing south africa s parliament. sirens. more than 60 firefighters battling to extinguish the blaze. the fire started on the third floor offices and quickly spread to the national assembly chamber. the damage is extensive, and there are fears some parts of the structure, built i
tonight at ten the uk reports yet another daily record of new cases of coronavirus. as the numbers rise again, supplies of lateral flow tests are still a problem, in parts of the uk. and as the year draws to a close, pubs and restaurants in wales and scotland are already counting the cost of their stricter rules. we re gutted but i understand. trying to keep the cases down is what they re doing. trying, you know, they re not doing it for their own benefit, they re trying to do it for our benefit, really. we ll have the latest picture across the uk, as varying plans are made for new year s eve. also tonight following ghislaine maxwell s conviction for providing underage girls forjeffrey epstein, one of the victims speaks out. i just feel so grateful that the jury believed us and sent a strong message that perpetrators of sexual abuse and exploitation will be held accountable no matter how much power and privilege that they have. and the new space telescope facing its fi